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Plant-like hooked miniature machines for on-leaf sensing and delivery
Communications Materials, 2021 Miniaturized systems for in situ plant applications are important to understand and preserve natural ecosystems. Here, the attachment of bioinspired microhooks to the surfaces of plant leaves is investigated, and on-leaf soft machines fabricated for ...
Isabella Fiorello +6 more
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Liquid-solid contact electrification when water droplets hit living plant leaves
Communications Materials, 2022 Contact electrification can generate useable charge on a variety of surfaces. Here, surface charge creation when a single water droplet hits various plant leaves is investigated, including the effect of droplet characteristics and whether the plant leaf ...
Serena Armiento +3 more
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An earthworm-like modular soft robot for locomotion in multi-terrain environments
Scientific Reports, 2023 Robotic locomotion in subterranean environments is still unsolved, and it requires innovative designs and strategies to overcome the challenges of burrowing and moving in unstructured conditions with high pressure and friction at depths of a few ...
Riddhi Das +4 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Soft robots provide a pathway to accurately mimic biological creatures and be integrated into their environment with minimal invasion or disruption to their ecosystem.
Samuel M. Youssef +4 more
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Dynamic Task Space Control Enables Soft Manipulators to Perform Real‐World Tasks
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 Dynamic motions are a key feature of robotic arms, enabling them to perform tasks quickly and efficiently. A majority of real‐world soft robots rely on a quasistatic control approach, without taking dynamic characteristics into consideration. As a result,
Oliver Fischer +3 more
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Soft robotics towards sustainable development goals and climate actions
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2023 Soft robotics technology can aid in achieving United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement through development of autonomous, environmentally responsible machines powered by renewable energy.
Goffredo Giordano +3 more
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4D Printing of Humidity‐Driven Seed Inspired Soft Robots
Advanced Science, 2023 Geraniaceae seeds represent a role model in soft robotics thanks to their ability to move autonomously across and into the soil driven by humidity changes.
Luca Cecchini +5 more
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Octopus‐Inspired Suction Cups with Embedded Strain Sensors for Object Recognition
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 The octopus has unique capacities are sources of inspiration in developing soft robotic‐enabling technologies. Herein, soft, sensorized, suction cups inspired by the suckers of Octopus vulgaris are presented.
Ebrahim Shahabi +3 more
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Soft Hybrid Wave Spring Actuators
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2020 Soft continuum manipulators, inspired by squid tentacles and elephant trunks, show promise in allowing robots to safely interact with complex environments.
Erik H. Skorina, Cagdas D. Onal
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Nature Communications, 2021 Despite advances on fabrication of stretchable interconnects, realizing functional electronics with integrated solid-state technology (SST) remains a challenge.
Pedro Alhais Lopes +3 more
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